PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Byson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Yared (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Byson
vs
Yared

180 cm
18
214 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Byson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Yared!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byson misses with a few strikes there.
Yared takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yared shoots for a takedown but Byson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Byson stalks Yared and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yared's face. Yared staggers backwards, shaken.
Byson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yared circles away quickly and effectively.
Byson swinging wilding here.
Byson works over Yared's head and body with a nice combination.
Byson throws a series of punches but Yared avoids them all with ease.
Byson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yared circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Byson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Byson lands with a right hand.
Byson avoids the head kick by Yared.
Byson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Byson throws a right and a left that Yared avoids nicely.
Byson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Byson tries to bum rush Yared with a series of wild strikes but Yared uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Byson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yared throws out a loose jab but Byson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Byson!
Byson scores with a one two! Yared had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Byson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yared circles away quickly and effectively.
Byson fails to land with a series of punches.
Byson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yared circles away quickly and effectively.
Yared shoots in looking for a takedown. Byson tries to sprawl out of it but Yared keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Byson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Yared tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Byson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Byson misses with a double jab.
Byson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Byson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Byson does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Byson misses with the combination.
Byson misses with a two punch combination.
Yared swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Byson counters with a one-two to the body.
Byson misses with a combination
and Yared counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Byson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A nice combination there by Byson.
Yared takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Byson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Yared to counter with a crisp jab.
Byson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Yared counters with a single leg into guard. Byson didn't expect that.
Byson wants to stand and escape but Yared is having none of it.
Yared postures up in Byson's guard and throws a big left but Byson blocks it.
Byson wants to get back to his feet but Yared is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Byson keeping moving, preventing Yared from controlling successfully.
Byson wants to stand and escape but Yared is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yared is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Yared stops Byson from standing up.
Yared has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Byson throws a combination that misses
and Yared counters with a big head kick but Byson shrugs it off.
Mike Byson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byson throws a leg kick that is checked

and Yared moves into the clinch.
Yared tries for a takedown but Byson manages to get underhooks.
Byson stops a takedown attempt from Yared.
Yared comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yared throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yared drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Byson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mike Byson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Yared.
Knees to the body from Yared.
Yared is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yared prevents Byson from breaking the clinch.
Byson prevents the takedown attempt.

Yared pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Byson throws a combination that misses

and Yared counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Byson!
Byson tries to buck Yared off but he can't manage it.

Yared with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Byson is looking to improve his position but Yared isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Yared is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Yared!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Renato Yared!